Climate averages 1991–2020
Keffi weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Keffi: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 279 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abuja (48 km away). In August its highs average 26.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Keffi, with 314 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Keffi ranks joint 63rd of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 128th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Keffi is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 279 mm to 234 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Keffi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 110 | 15.6 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 169 | 21.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 228 | 27.4 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 27.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 279 | 28.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 234 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 100 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 5.9 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Abuja in AugustNigeria · 48 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 314 mm rain
- Kuje in AugustNigeria · 71 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 311 mm rain
- Lafia in AugustNigeria · 81 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 252 mm rain
- Suleja in AugustNigeria · 85 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 335 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AugustNigeria · 94 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 333 mm rain
- Kagoro in AugustNigeria · 102 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 396 mm rain
- Makurdi in AugustNigeria · 143 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Jos in AugustNigeria · 164 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 306 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Keffi) is explained once on the Keffi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.